Tortoise Shell 亀甲 · Art Print

A wish for a long life, and steady protection.

The hexagon is an old shape that came to be seen as the plates of a turtle's shell, and was named kikkō, turtle shell. In Japan the turtle has long been said to live ten thousand years, and its shell to guard what lies beneath it. So the hexagon came to carry two hopes at once: a long life, and a quiet shelter along the way.

• Art print on premium matte paper (200 gsm, FSC-certified). Frame not included.
• Also framed in white, wood or black, ready to hang: Tortoise Shell 亀甲 · Framed Art Print
• Five sizes: 20 × 25 cm (8 × 10 in), A4 (21 × 29.7 cm), 30 × 40 cm, 45 × 60 cm (18 × 24 in), 50 × 70 cm.
• Printed on demand close to you, and shipped from there.
• This pattern is also in a coloring book, The Wishes Woven In (paperback, on Amazon).
• The wish this pattern carries, and the cloth it came from: knitcafe.org/meanings